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Links: 1. Turner Ashby (1828 - 1862) - Find A Grave Memorial 2. GENERAL TURNER ASHBY: Turner Ashby High School 3. Turner Ashby - Wikipedia 4. Shenandoah Valley Battlefields: Civil War Reenactments |
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(October 2007) Battle site on wooded Chestnut Ridge on east side of Harrisonburg, VA Marker 1 Marker 2 |
(October 2007)
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where Gen. Ashby was killed, June 6, 1862. Monument dedicated on June 6,
1898, the 36th Anniversary of his death |
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(October 2007)
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Marker Gen. Turner Ashby's body was taken to the Frank
Kemper House in Port Republic and prepared for burial. Visitors viewed
his body by looking through a window whereas Gen. Stonewall Jackson
entered the room and viewed in person having been headquartered nearby
at Madison Hall. He was subsequently buried in Winchester's Stonewall
Confederate Cemetery |
(October 2007)
Monument to The Brothers Ashby in Stonewall
Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, VA. Brother, Capt. Richard Ashby,
born October 2, 1831, was killed July 3, 1861 by a Union patrol along
the Potomoc River at Harpers Ferry, WV. He was buried in the University
of Virginia Cemetery in Charlottesville and reinterred in Winchester in
1866 |
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(October 2007)
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Present Harrisonburg
Court House |
(October 2007) Enlarge The sign at the springhouse that once slacked soldiers' thirsts now reads: "Don't Drink the Water" | ||
